Buchoz (Kathy) collection on Westminster, California and Vietnamese Americans, 1970-2002

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Summary

Title:

Kathy Buchoz collection on Westminster, California and Vietnamese Americans

Dates:

1970-2002

Abstract:

The Kathy Buchoz collection on Westminster, California and Vietnamese Americans contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera from Kathy Buchoz' time as mayor of the city of Westminster and beyond, focusing on the city, its Little Saigon area, and the experience of Vietnamese Americans there.

Extent:

0.25 Linear Feet (1 half-width legal-size document box)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Kathy Buchoz collection on Westminster, California and Vietnamese Americans. MS-SEA-076. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. [Date accessed].

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Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera from Kathy Buchoz' time as mayor of the city of Westminster and beyond, focusing on the city, its Little Saigon area, and the experience of Vietnamese Americans there. Kathy Buchoz served two terms as Mayor on the Westminster City Council in the 1980s. She was a member of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce since 1976. After her years in public service, she was the property manager and leasing agent for Bridgecreek Realty, working in this role for more than thirty years to develop businesses primarily in the Little Saigon area of Orange County, California.

Biographical / historical:

Kathy Buchoz is the owner of KB & Associates, a business consulting company since 2012, working in the commercial real estate industry assisting developers and small businesses to expand, re-locate, apply for CUP's, tenant improvements and entitlements in Westminster and surrounding cities.

Kathy was the property manager and leasing agent for Bridgecreek Realty more than thirty years helping to develop businesses primarily in the Little Saigon area. She has been a member of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce since 1976, and served two terms as Mayor on the Westminster City Council and is involved in numerous non-profit organizations.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Kathy Buchoz, 2014.

Physical description:

Materials are mostly in good condition. Some paper materials are somewhat brittle.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Newspaper clippings.
Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Ephemera -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Places:: Orange County (Calif.) -- Emmigration and immigration.
Westminster (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Little Saigon (Westminster, Calif.)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Charla DelaCuadra, 2023.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-22 23:23:30 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.